Kinshasa, April 1st, 2016 - The United Nations Organization Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) today announced that it has received allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by members of the Tanzanian contingent of the Mission’s Force Intervention Brigade in Mavivi village, near Beni in the Eastern DRC. Upon receipt of the allegations on 23 March, the mission immediately dispatched a Response Team, led by…
30 March 2016 – The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for another year, warning that the humanitarian situation remains of great concern, as well as the delays in preparing for the November presidential elections. In a newly adopted resolution, the 15-member body urged the Government of the DRC to hold accountable those responsible for violations of…
Kabéké, Manono Territory – Tanganyika province, 24 March 2016 - Under the supervision of the head of MONUSCO office in Kalemie, and in partnership with the local security authorities and civil society representatives, the process of establishing joint reconciliation committees continues in Manono territory with the goal of ending the intercommunal conflict between Pygmies and Bantous. Under this process, commonly known as Baraza, MONUSCO on 24…
New York, 23 March 2016 – The United Nations Security Council, under the presidency of Angola, met yesterday Wednesday in New York to discuss the Report of the United Nations Secretary -General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The report was presented by the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in the DRC, Mr. Maman Sidikou, in the presence of the DRC’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Raymond…
Kenyan Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo His Excellency Dr George MASAFU has visited the MONUSCO William Elachi Press Center on the 21 of March 2016. Speaking to the local Press the Ambassador said his visit to the Press Center was intended to convey the Kenyan government’s appreciation to MONUSCO for naming this center after his late fellow countryman, William Elachi, who died in Goma on 10 October 2014, while serving with the…
Bweremana, 22 March, 2016 – In partnership with UNAIDS, the Congolese National AIDS Control Committee (PNMLS), and with the support of the Association of Female Doctors in Goma (AFEMED), MONUSCO held a ceremony on Monday, 21 March at the Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) premises in Bweremana, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to launch the campaign “Know Your Rights” that seeks to encourage people to…
Kalemie, 18 March 2016 - Organized by the office of MONUSCO-Kalemie from 16 to 18 March 2016, the training for journalist trainers on human rights concepts, collection, analysis and reporting of information was held in St Joseph conference room, in anticipation of the coming elections. The training was attended by journalists from six territories of Tanganyika province. About thirty public and community radio, newspaper and television journalists…
Kinshasa 21 March - On 17 March 2016, a human rights defender, coordinator of the NGO Organisation populaire pour la paix (OPP), was reportedly killed by armed men in Kavumu, Kabaré territory, South Kivu province. He was at home with his wife and children when the alleged perpetrators irrupted in the house and shot three times at the victim’s chest. The victim was a well-known human rights defender, working on allegations of abductions and rapes…
UNV Voice - Gheorghe Panait
Entebbe, 18 March, 2016 – From 15 to 17 March, the United Nations Regional Service Centre in the Ugandan Central Regional town of Entebbe, opened its doors to some 15 workshop participants who received counselling training and education on HIV and AIDS. Drawn from some Sections of MONUSCO, participants included medical Doctors, nurses, medical laboratory technicians, and HIV and AIDS Counselors. The organizers of the workshop said that the…